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This is a list of selected December 29 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Blurb Reason
Independence Day in Mongolia (1911) outdated, lots of CN tags in History section
1170Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket was slain in his own cathedral by four knights of Henry II of England. refimprove section
1835 – The United States signed the Treaty of New Echota with leaders of a minority Cherokee faction, which became the legal basis for the forcible removal known as the Trail of Tears. refimprove
1891Physical education teacher James Naismith introduced a game in Springfield, Massachusetts, with thirteen rules and nine players on each team that he called "basket ball". missing information
1911Sun Yat-sen was elected the provisional president of the Republic of China in Nanjing. Too much uncited
1930Muhammad Iqbal introduced the two-nation theory outlining a vision for the creation of an independent state for Muslim-majority provinces in northwestern British India. refimprove section
1939 – The Consolidated B-24 Liberator, the most-produced American military aircraft, made its first flight. refimprove sections
1992 – President of Brazil Fernando Collor de Mello resigned in an attempt to stop his impeachment proceedings from continuing, but the Senate of Brazil continued anyway, finding him guilty. refimprove
1993The Big Buddha, at the time the world's tallest outdoor bronze statue of the seated Buddha, was completed. too many {{cn}} tags (5)
1996 – Peace accords were signed under the leadership of President Álvaro Arzú and guerrilla leader Rolando Morán, ending the 36-year-long Guatemalan Civil War. prose
1997 – In order to prevent the spread of the H5N1 flu virus, the Hong Kong government began the slaughter of 1.3 million chickens. prose
Empress Genmei |d|721| Deathdate not cited

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